1. Who were called the Lost Generation? Why? The Lost Generation, were a group of American writers that lived in the same age cohort, from the end of the World War I until the Great Depression. They were Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, T.S. Eliot, John Dos Passos, Waldo Peirce, Alan Seeger, and, Erich Maria Remarque. They were so named by Gertrude Stein, to describe a group of authors expatriates in Paris. In In a Moveable Feast, Ernest Hemingway reveals that the "lost generation" is an anecdote that it isn't tragic, unlike what people think.
The first question is right, the most famous writers were Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Eliot and Dos Passos. Now you have to find out the reason for the name of the group: lost. Did they find lost? or were they living in a lost age?
2. Nihilism: what is it? The Nihilism is the philosophical doctrine that suggest the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life. Like the form of existential nihilism, that argues that life doesn't have meaning, purpose or intrinsic value.
3. What is the American dream? In the definition of the American Dream by James Truslow Adams int 1931, "life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement" regarldes of social class or circumstances of birth.
4. When was he awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature? He was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1954.
5. He worked as a journalist in Europe, in which countries? He worked ind France and Spain.
6. The Sun also rises (1926). Describe the hero Jack Barnes.
7. A Farewell to Arms ( 1929)
8. The Old Man and the Sea (1952)
9. Why have you chosen this writer?
10. Can you find differences between the protagonists of the three works?
ERNEST HEMINGWAY (1899-1961)
1. Who were called the Lost Generation? Why?
The Lost Generation, were a group of American writers that lived in the same age cohort, from the end of the World War I until the Great Depression. They were Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, T.S. Eliot, John Dos Passos, Waldo Peirce, Alan Seeger, and, Erich Maria Remarque.
They were so named by Gertrude Stein, to describe a group of authors expatriates in Paris. In In a Moveable Feast, Ernest Hemingway reveals that the "lost generation" is an anecdote that it isn't tragic, unlike what people think.
2. Nihilism: what is it?
The Nihilism is the philosophical doctrine that suggest the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life. Like the form of existential nihilism, that argues that life doesn't have meaning, purpose or intrinsic value.
3. What is the American dream?
In the definition of the American Dream by James Truslow Adams int 1931, "life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement" regarldes of social class or circumstances of birth.
4. When was he awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature?
He was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1954.
5. He worked as a journalist in Europe, in which countries?
He worked ind France and Spain.
6. The Sun also rises (1926). Describe the hero Jack Barnes.
7. A Farewell to Arms ( 1929)
8. The Old Man and the Sea (1952)
9. Why have you chosen this writer?
10. Can you find differences between the protagonists of the three works?